They are, though: they're what you get when you confine an animal into an unknown situation and is terrified. Reminding these guys who think themselves as 'alpha' that they share traits with a terrified little puppy frazzles their brains.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 23 points 10 months ago

The alpha behavior was documented on confined animals, so it is essentially a response to stress.

Wild wolf packs are essentially family groups. Mom wolf and dad wolf start the family and set the rules, kids can either stay and live to eventually take the head of the family, which implies caring for the older, or can go out and set their own families.

Wolves are notoriously caring for their young, sick and elder and conflicts are solved not through violence but ever building bonding.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

On the other hand, the implication that the environment that makes them real is effectively prison is deeply sad.

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 11 points 10 months ago

It is kinda funny that after a scientist made the mistake of anthropomorphizing a pack of wolves during his research, we found that a lot of people identifying as "alphas." Maybe the scientist just chose the wrong field.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Alpha males are so desperate to be ubermenchen, its like Neitzscheism cranked up to 11.5

I suspect alpha males feel insufficiently masculine the way trans men do, only the latter group is contending with a feminine body. The alpha males just have a bad internal guage.